Hiking England Coast to Coast thru National Geographic -- 7/12 to 7/27/2018

American Airlines at Ohare -- July 12

Manchester Train station with modern bridge -- July 14

Hills Aproaching Lake District -- July 14

Penrith train station, castle ruin and downtown -- July 14

Meeting Guy and Laura at George Hotel, Penrith -- July 15

Starting hike from Irish Sea at St. Bees -- July 16

Others pulling ahead with bluffs over Irish Sea and sheep with cows -- July 16

Heather, Flowers and Andy -- July 16

Jennifer, Sherry with horses, then sunset -- July 16

Fountain, Sherry w Jo, and lake -- July 17

Up valley w sheep, logs over to slate miine to Inn on the Lake -- July 17

Sherry's 80th birthday party -- July 17

Visiting Wordsworth's cottage and garden -- July 18

Over high pass with sheep. waterfalls and tarn to Helvellyn - England's 3rd highest peak -- July 18

Coming down through valley with old cottage cottage and sheep -- July 18

Storytelling singer at inn -- July 18

Beautiful blue sky -- July 19

Walking to steamer -- July 19

"Steaming" on steamer with beautiful views of Lake Ulswater, hills and other boats -- July 19

Starting up valley with many stone structures -- July 19

Further up valley to lunch -- July 19

Leave Lake District over prairie to Haweswater reservoir -- July 19

To Haweswater reservoir and into farmland -- July 19

Shap Abbey -- July 19

Over farmland, driving sheep and pushing rock -- July 20

Lunch and hot chocolate -- July 20

Sheep and horses in rain, supper and poetry -- July 20

Starting from Black Swan in Ravonsdale by stone walls, barns and cows to old arched viaduct -- July 21

Hiking accross land with walls, bridges, fossil, barns and sheep -- July 21

Starting from Kirby Stephen go to Keld, follow River Swale to many old stone structures -- July 21

Leaving Ravonsdale to Reeth, many churches, bridges, ducks, castle and cows -- July 22

Treking across moors and through forests to Richmond Castle -- July 22

Up Richmond Castle and desserts to eat -- July 22

Treking along River Swale through bridges -- July 23

Treking along River Swale to Easby Abbey -- July 23

Visiting Easby Abbey -- July 23

To Mount Grace Priory then evening on our own in Richmond -- July 23

Start hiking over moors - above farmland -- July 24

Over moors to Lion Inn -- July 24

Lion Inn to Malyan Spout Hotel with supper and sunset -- July 24

Malyan Spout Hotel to Pete's ceremony by rock with cross in it -- July 25

Over moors -- July 25

Over moors to Beggars Bridge at Glaisdale - North Sea is on the horizon -- July 25

Continue treking through forest -- July 25

Continue treking to church, llamas, toll sign, rail bridge and river in forest -- July 25

River bridge to Grosmont train station -- July 25

Train from Grosmont to Whitby, Malyan Spout Hotel -- July 25

Sunset -- July 25

Sheep, church, leaders, wishing tree, old G+C 1790 arch, and Scary Wood -- July 26

Falling Foss, Scary Wood, and FINALLY the NORTH SEA -- July 26

Cliffs north of Robin Hood's Bay -- July 26

Cliffs north of Robin Hood's Bay with flowers and art along trail -- July 26

Down to Robin Hood's Bay and at the North Seashore -- July 26

Final evening together at Victoria Hotel with moon rise -- July 26

American Airlines plane I took from Chicago

Manchester

Street tram with modern bridge to train station

Looking over that modern bridge

Hills approaching Lake District from train

Downtown Penrith

Penrith train station

Castle ruin near train station

Fellow hikers Guy and Laura at George Hotel where we stayed in Penrith

Andy and Guy

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